big train (from memphis)

when i was young

i spent my summer days playin' on the track. the sound of the wheels rollin' on the steel took me out

took me back. big train from memphis

big train from memphis

now it's gone gone gone

gone gone gone. like no one before

he let out a roar

and i just had to tag along. each night i went to bed with the sound in my head

and the dream was a song. well i've rode 'em in and back out again - you know what they say about trains;

but i'm tellin' you when that memphis train came through

this ol' world was not the same.